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- DictionarySe·cret/ˈsēkrət/
adjective
- 1. not known or seen or not meant to be known or seen by others: "how did you guess I had a secret plan?"
noun
- 1. something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others: "a state secret"
A secret is something you don’t want everybody to know, like your secret crush on the bus driver. A secret can also be a mystery known to only a few — the secret of the lost pyramid. There might be a secret passageway in your basement that only you know about.
adj. 1. a. Kept hidden from knowledge or view; concealed: a secret identity; a secret passageway. b. Not expressed; inward: secret desires. 2. a. Given to keeping one's thoughts and activities unknown to others; secretive: "Scrooge ... was secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster" (Charles Dickens). b.
SECRET definition: 1. If something is secret, other people are not allowed to know about it: 2. someone who does…. Learn more.
1 day ago · 1. kept from public knowledge or from the knowledge of a certain person or persons. 2. withdrawn, remote, or secluded. a secret hideaway. 3. keeping one's affairs to oneself; secretive. 4. beyond general knowledge or understanding; mysterious or esoteric.
secret. adjective. /ˈsiːkrət/. /ˈsiːkrət/. known about by only a few people; kept hidden from others. secret information/meetings/talks. They belong to an age-old secret society. secret from somebody He tried to keep it secret from his family. Details of the proposals remain secret.
adjective. /ˈsikrət/ known about by only a few people; kept hidden from others secret information/meetings/talks secret (from somebody) He tried to keep it secret from his family. Details of the proposals remain secret. a secret passage leading to the beach see top secret. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
Concealed from sight or notice; hidden. A secret drawer. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Withdrawn, remote, or secluded. A secret hideaway. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. More Adjective Definitions (5) Synonyms: confidential. hidden. secluded. privy.